Effect of hard segment length on the properties of poly(ether ester) elastomer prepared by one pot copolymerization of poly(ethylene glycol) and cyclic butylene terephthalate

Journal of Polymer Research

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Su, Yinhe ^a   Yu, Junrong ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Zhu, Jing ^a   Hu, Zuming ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyclic butylene terephthalate; Poly(ether ester) elastomer; Poly(ethylene glycol); Ring opening polymerization

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTOMERS; ESTERS; ETHERS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS TRANSITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMERS; POLYOLS; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; STIFFNESS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CYCLIC BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETER; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS; MELTING AND CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURES; PROPERTIES OF THE COPOLYMERS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 84942108252     PISSN: 10229760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10965-015-0840-1     Document Type: Article

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